{"id":2196,"date":"2013-04-11T23:38:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T17:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:53:28","slug":"antichrist-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"Antichrist, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was introduced to Lars von Trier\u2019s<\/a> movies in a backhanded way. \u00a0A friend wanted me to watch “Melancholia<\/a>” because she thought it was a waste of two hours of her life. \u00a0I suspected she was afraid I might like it and call her taste into question. \u00a0I was afraid of that too as I watched the magical beginning of the film. \u00a0Fortunately for our friendship I found the character Justine disagreeable enough to satisfy her.\u00a0 I enjoyed the film more when I skipped from the extreme slow motion photography of the opening to the chapter titled “Claire” and watched from there to the end. \u00a0Less of Justine’s melancholia was definitely more for me. \u00a0I was hooked however on Lars von Trier.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I cried at the end of “Breaking the Waves<\/a>” when God credited Bess\u2019s faith as righteousness: For what does the scripture say?<\/i> Paul asked.\u00a0 \u201cAbraham believed God<\/i><\/b>, and it was credited<\/a> to him as righteousness<\/b><\/i>.\u201d1<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0The plot turned on the confusion in the English language between eros<\/a><\/i> and agap\u0113<\/a><\/i>. \u00a0It seems to me that English speaking believers who care about making the Gospel plain would lead the curve to accept fuck<\/i> and fucking<\/i> as legitimate words for eros<\/i>. \u00a0We are the ones, after all, muscling in on love<\/i> (since the Aunt Pollys2<\/sup><\/a> and professional fundraisers of the world have made charity<\/i>3<\/sup><\/a> as odious to the receiver as to the giver).<\/p>\n

Sexual intercourse<\/i> is too clinical to substitute for eros<\/i>. \u00a0Making love<\/i> is too nice-nice, too insincere, or too dishonest to suffice.\u00a0 The freshly fucked<\/i> wife lying forlornly beside her husband, asking, \u201cDo you love me?\u201d knows full well that fucking<\/i> doesn\u2019t make any love.\u00a0 Her clueless husband turning from the television to stare incredulously at her, and saying defensively, \u201cDidn\u2019t I just show you how much I love you?\u201d thinks love<\/i> was the feeling he had while fucking<\/i> her.\u00a0 Or worse, he might take offense thinking she has denigrated his performance as a fucker<\/i>.\u00a0 If he has read any books about fucking<\/i> he might take the time to cuddle and talk to her afterwards, before turning to the television.\u00a0 But a wife is close enough to see through that hypocrisy eventually.\u00a0 Only the love that flows from Christ\u2019s Spirit is the \u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a> (agap\u0113<\/i>) she seeks when fucking<\/i> just isn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

I was on my first movie set with nudity.\u00a0 We were ready to shoot.\u00a0 The male actor, speaking for himself and his female counterpart, asked the director, \u201cAre we making love or fucking?\u201d\u00a0 We all knew exactly what he meant.\u00a0 Making love<\/i> is the tender prelude to the selfish self-abandon of fucking<\/i>.\u00a0 Making love<\/i> is the hope of which fucking<\/i> is the substance.\u00a0 By comparison making love<\/i> seems calculated, hypocritical, a mere going through the motions, or a practiced aloofness.\u00a0 \u201cGive me a little of both,\u201d the director replied.<\/p>\n

Love<\/i> (\u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>) does no wrong to a neighbor<\/i>, Paul wrote.\u00a0 Therefore love<\/i> (\u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>) is the fulfillment of the law<\/i>.4<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Few would be persuaded that, fucking<\/i> does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore fucking<\/i> (or the feeling I have while I am fucking<\/i>, or wanting to fuck<\/i>, her) is the fulfillment of the law.\u00a0 I wonder sometimes, however, if we don\u2019t actually prefer the confusion.\u00a0 Loving enemies and praying for persecutors is decidedly unsexy and a hard sell.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t natural.\u00a0 It only comes from the \u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a> of God flowing into one through his Holy Spirit and then out again as attitudes and actions that are incomprehensible to those born only of the flesh of Adam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having said all that, however, there was something about fucking<\/i>, especially first fucking<\/i>, that made me highly susceptible to the \u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a> of God.\u00a0 I have noticed a similar phenomenon in other men.\u00a0 It makes a sort of sense then that Satan and the religious mind would conspire to make first fucking<\/i> as \u201cimmoral\u201d as possible, to short circuit that natural progression from eros<\/i> to agap\u0113<\/i>.\u00a0 In the past this was achieved by putting all women but prostitutes completely out of reach.\u00a0 In my day it was the misnomer premarital sex<\/i> and the presumed punishment for premarital sex<\/i>\u2014pregnancy.\u00a0 In terms of God\u2019s law it was about as difficult for a man to commit premarital sex<\/i> as to commit a pre-homicidal murder<\/i>, since even a man who raped<\/a> a single woman had committed lifelong marriage (Deuteronomy 22:28, 29 NET):<\/p>\n

Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u00a0The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>In \u201cBreaking the Waves<\/a>\u201d Bess (Emily Watson<\/a>) knew that Jan (Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/a>) worked on an oil rig out at sea when she married him.\u00a0 But after their honeymoon, when he had to go back to work, she couldn\u2019t bear their separation.\u00a0 (I should probably say that I will be spoiling \u201cBreaking the Waves\u201d for anyone who finds a movie \u201cspoiled\u201d by knowing its story.)\u00a0 Bess prayed that God would bring Jan home.\u00a0 Whenever Bess prayed, by the way, she spoke for herself and then lowered the pitch of her voice and spoke for God as well.\u00a0 Not surprisingly perhaps, Bess\u2019s god sounded a bit like the elders of her church.<\/p>\n

Early in the film we get a picture of her church.\u00a0 When Jan asked why they had no bells in their steeple, the religious leader scolded, \u201cWe do not need bells in our church to worship God.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI like church bells,\u201d Bess whispered to Jan.\u00a0 He attended a funeral presided over by the elders and heard the words, \u201cYou are a sinner and you deserve your place in hell,\u201d spoken as a corpse was lowered into the ground.\u00a0 When he told Bess about it, she agreed, \u201cHe will go to hell; everyone knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jan got hurt on the rig and came home paralyzed, probably for life, though even his life was not guaranteed.\u00a0 He encouraged Bess to take a lover, but not to divorce him.\u00a0 Bess was offended.\u00a0 Later he convinced her that his life depended on her taking a lover and telling him about it.\u00a0 She reluctantly and unsuccessfully attempted to seduce his doctor, someone for whom she had some affection.\u00a0 She tried to tell Jan a sexy story, but he knew she was lying.\u00a0 She began to have anonymous encounters with strangers.\u00a0 She even dressed like a prostitute.\u00a0 When she did, Jan seemed to get better.\u00a0 When she didn\u2019t, he seemed to get worse.<\/p>\n

Finally she went to the \u201cbig ship\u201d dressed as a prostitute.\u00a0 Other prostitutes wouldn\u2019t go there.\u00a0 The men were brutal and cruel.\u00a0 Bess barely escaped with her life.\u00a0 She was excommunicated from her church, locked out of her home and pelted with rocks by neighborhood children.\u00a0 Then she heard from her sister-in-law (who was also Jan\u2019s nurse) that he was dying.<\/p>\n

When his doctor asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s your talent, Bess?\u201d she replied, \u201cI can believe.\u201d\u00a0 At the moment where all was darkest for Bess personally her sister-in-law asked, \u201cIs there anything I can do for you, anything at all?\u201d \u00a0\u201cYes,\u201d Bess answered, \u201cI\u2019d like you to go to Jan and pray for him to be cured, and rise from his bed and walk.\u201d\u00a0 Bess then went back to the \u201cbig ship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lars von Trier was uncharacteristically shy about showing what happened to Bess there.\u00a0 One can only assume that she was raped and beaten (and I call it rape<\/i> despite her willingness to endure it).\u00a0 But not showing it was the right call.\u00a0 There was no need by that time in the story for anger at her attackers, and no call for overwhelming sorrow for Bess.\u00a0 As she died in the emergency room she realized and admitted how wrong<\/a> she had been.<\/p>\n

At the medical inquest Jan\u2019s doctor was tongue-tied to describe her condition.\u00a0 He declared her good<\/i>, but recanted when the medical examiners disputed describing her death as due to excessive goodness<\/i>.\u00a0 But there, sitting at the inquest, was Jan, not only risen from his deathbed but walking again.\u00a0 While the religious leaders of Bess\u2019s \u201cchurch\u201d were preoccupied with excommunicating sinners, teaching love for the law, and condemning corpses to hell, the body of Christ functioned within it (her sister-in-law was a member in good standing) and without it (Bess and Jan were not).<\/p>\n

Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit<\/i>, Paul wrote to the Corinthians. \u00a0And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. \u00a0And there are different results, but<\/a> the same God who produces all of them in everyone <\/i>[Table<\/a>]. \u00a0To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all. \u00a0For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another<\/a> faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one<\/a> Spirit, to another performance of miracles<\/i>\u2026[Table<\/a>]5<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Bess received the faith. \u00a0Her sister-in-law prayed and received a miracle. \u00a0Jan received a gift of healing.<\/p>\n

Jan couldn\u2019t face the prospect of self-righteous men condemning his beloved wife to hell, so he and his friends from the oil rig stole her body.\u00a0 \u201cBess McNeill,\u201d the church leader intoned over a casket filled with sand, \u201cyou are a sinner, and for your sins you are consigned to hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot one of you has the right to consign Bess to hell,\u201d her sister-in-law rebuked them with a gift of wisdom.\u00a0 And they, for once, fell silent.<\/p>\n

Bess was buried at sea on the oil rig.\u00a0 Later a friend roused Jan from his mourning to come out on deck.\u00a0 They stopped at the radar screen to assure themselves that nothing was on the ocean near them.\u00a0 Then they went outside and heard church bells ringing.\u00a0 And just in case we viewers were inclined to be incredulous, the scene cut to an extreme high angle, looking down on the oil rig in the ocean through the ringing bells of heaven.<\/p>\n

There is another interesting aspect to this film.\u00a0 People like the leaders of Bess\u2019 \u201cchurch\u201d are not likely to see a movie rated \u201cR for strong graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some violence.\u201d\u00a0 They self-select as unworthy of its message, and are \u201chardened<\/a>,\u201d so they may not repent and be forgiven<\/i>,6<\/sup><\/a> Jesus said of those who were outside <\/i>(\u1f14\u03be\u03c9<\/a>).7<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0But “Antichrist<\/a>,” another of Trier\u2019s movies, is what I really want to write about here.<\/p>\n

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Addendum<\/b>: February 24, 2026<\/span>
\n<\/a>According to a note (16<\/a>) in the NET Jesus quoted from Isaiah 6:9, 10 in Mark 4:12. The following tables compare the Greek of that quotation with the Septuagint.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Isaiah 6:9b (Septuagint BLB) Table<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1<\/a><\/b> \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f34\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b>, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2<\/a> \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b9\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1fc7<\/a> \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c8\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f34\u03b4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1fc7<\/a> \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u1fc6\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c8\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50<\/a><\/b> \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f34\u03b4\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u201cso that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand,<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u2018You will listen by listening, but you will not understand, and looking you will look, but you will not perceive\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nYe shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see indeed, but ye shall not perceive.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\u03bc\u1f75\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5<\/a><\/b> \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u1fc7<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a><\/b> \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f30\u1f71\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c2<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/a><\/b> \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f30\u1f71\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c2<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Isaiah 6:10b (English Elpenor)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

so they may not repent and be forgiven.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nand turn\u2013and I would heal them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nand be converted, and I should heal them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Tables comparing 2 Corinthians 9:7<\/a>; Mark 4:12<\/a> and 4:11<\/a> in the KJV and NET follow.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nEvery man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u1f15\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u1fc4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3, \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f10\u03ba \u03bb\u1f7b\u03c0\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f22 \u1f10\u03be \u1f00\u03bd\u1f71\u03b3\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2\u0387 \u1f31\u03bb\u03b1\u03c1\u1f78\u03bd \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03b4\u1f79\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u1fb7 \u1f41 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f79\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> \u03c4\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03ba \u03bb\u03c5\u03c0\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b7 \u03b5\u03be \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1 \u03bf \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03ba \u03bb\u03c5\u03c0\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b7 \u03b5\u03be \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03ba\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b9\u03bb\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1 \u03bf \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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\u201cso that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nThat seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins<\/b> should be forgiven them.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mark 4:12 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bb\u1f73\u03c0\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f34\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b9\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, \u03bc\u1f75\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f73\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u1fc7 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b2\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b9\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b9\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1<\/a> \u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b2\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b2\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03b9\u03b4\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b7 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b9\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b7\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03c8\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c6\u03b5\u03b8\u03b7 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Mark 4:11 (NET)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mark 4:11 (KJV)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

He said to them, \u201cThe secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnd he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know<\/b> the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Mark 4:11 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mark 4:11 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Mark 4:11 (Byzantine Majority Text)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2\u0387 \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f78 \u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03b4\u1f73\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6\u0387 \u1f10\u03ba\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f14\u03be\u03c9 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u1f77\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/a><\/b> \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03be\u03c9 \u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c5\u03bc\u03b9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b5\u03b4\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9<\/b> \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03be\u03c9 \u03b5\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Antichrist, Part 2\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> Romans 4:3 (NET) See Romans, Part 18<\/i><\/a> for a table comparing the Greek of Paul\u2019s quotation to that of the Septuagint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> Aunt Polly was the bitter woman from Walt Disney’s<\/a> “Pollyanna<\/a>” whose noblesse-oblige-charity was contrasted to Pollyanna’s cheerful giving.\u00a0 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver<\/i> (2 Corinthians 9:7 NET). The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u1fc4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> (NET: he has decided<\/i>), a form of \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9<\/a> in the perfect tense<\/a>, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a> (KJV: he purposeth<\/i>) in the present tense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> Agap\u0113<\/i> (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>) was translated charity<\/i> in the KJV in 1 Corinthians 13<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> Romans 13:10 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 12:4-10a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> Mark 4:12 (NET) The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c4\u03b1<\/a> \u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1<\/a> (KJV: their sins<\/i>) here. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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